Sacramento County
Biographies
THEODORE ERICKSON
THEODORE ERICKSON.--A practical painter
and artistic decorator who has so successfully developed his business that he
has become an extensively operating contractor is Theodore Erickson, a native
of Sweden, where
he was born on February 1, 1883, the son of Thuve and
Elena Erickson. The father, a
Scandinavian by birth, came across the ocean when a boy, married in the United
States, and returned to Sweden,
where he and his devoted wife both rounded out well-spent lives, and merited
and received the esteem of all who knew them.
For most of his life, Thuve Erickson was a
carpenter, although he took up agriculture toward the end of his career.
Theodore
Erickson attended the excellent public schools of Sweden,
a part of that educational system so famous throughout the world, and when
fourteen years old commenced to learn his trade, at which he worked steadily
until he came to the United States. He located at first in Chicago,
where for eight years he found employment as a journeyman painter; and then,
migrating West to San Francisco,
he worked there for some of the larger firms for another eight years. Wherever he worked, whatever he did, he
demonstrated both his knowledge in every ordinary detail of his trade, and
considerable original artistic gift as well; and his faithful service to his
employers gradually built up for him a reputation that proved of great value to
him when he established a business of his own.
In
April, 1912, Mr. Erickson came to Sacramento,
and for the past eight years he has been well established here in business for
himself. He does general painting of
residences of all kinds, and makes interior decorating his specialty. He employs five men to care for his various
contracts, and through conscientious oversight of his work, has been able to
build up a prosperous business. Mr.
Erickson belongs to the Master Painters and to the Builders’ Exchange. In politics, he is a Republican. Fond of outdoor life, he especially enjoys a
day’s outing with rod and reel. In
fraternal life, Mr. Erickson is a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and he is also a member of the Swedish lodge, “Vasa.”
Transcribed
by Priscilla Delventhal.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History
of Sacramento County, California With Biographical
Sketches, Page 722. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 P. J. Delventhal.